Danish Goodwill To U.S. Tempers Bush Critics

The Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | July 5, 2005 | Ken Dilanian

[Cecily]

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - It's easy enough to find Danes who dislike President Bush, but analysts here said those views were balanced by a deep reservoir of support for the United States that was rarely seen these days in Europe.

"We actually trust the U.S. to do the right thing, and therefore if the U.S. president says it's necessary to invade this country, we believe it," said Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen, a political scientist at the University of Copenhagen.

President Bush's visit to Denmark - during which he'll meet Wednesday with Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, have a news conference with him, then lunch with Queen Margrethe II - is payback of sorts for that country's loyal contribution to Bush's "coalition of the willing" in Iraq, where 500 Danish troops remain on duty in the south despite widespread misgivings about the war.

[Cecily]

Remember to buy Danish goods to support our friends. Some havarti cheese would be a nice snack tonight.

[Ronin]

Going to be hard in Tokyo, but I will make a point of it.

[GSlob]

Fontina is not bad, either.

[Bahbah]

Some havarti cheese would be a nice snack tonight.

Shopping is done for the day, but I will make a point of it in the future. The French, on the other hand, are not getting a dime out of me.

[pierrem15]

If I remember correctly, about 10% of Denmark's population emigrated to the US in the late nineteenth century, and the 4th of July is also celebrated in Denmark.

May God bless and keep our Danish allies.